Tag Archives: plastic recycling

The British Plastics Federation (BPF) and WRAP recently held a joint investors summit exploring opportunities for growth within the UK’s plastics recycling and reprocessing infrastructure. Aimed at senior figures within the investment community, it was attended by 70 people, including representatives from numerous leading investment companies. Taking place in the …

The UK’s first category-3 licensed waste plant able to transform AD and blood plastics into a clean secondary material for remanufacturing, is in its final stages of commissioning. And the pioneering facility promises to be zero waste from day one. The 4-acre site in East Yorkshire is a joint venture …

This week Goplasticpallets.com – The Responsible Plastic Pallet Company – will be taking recycling into its own hands at IMHX, the UK’s largest intralogistics event, in support of Recycle Week 23-29 September, the annual celebration of recycling delivered by Recycle Now, whose theme this year is ‘Recycling: It’s in our …

Exporta, the UK’s Product Handling Experts have teamed up with Recycling Company – ‘Plastic Expert’ based in Northamptonshire to offer free Recycling to their customers of all plastic items such as Plastic Pallets, Plastic Containers, Boxes and Crates. Plastic waste is a big issue in the world and we at …

Leading Irish manufacturer of uPVC building products, RE-KKUR, has introduced a JCB Hydradig 110W Wastemaster wheeled excavator at the in-house plastic recycling facility that it operates at its County Fermanagh site. RE-KKUR opened its new Polymer Processing Plant in 2018 to further improve the efficiency of its recycling processes. RE-KKUR’s …

Plastic packaging waste recycling specialist OSO Polymers has agreed a 10-year lease on a new headquarters in Leeds, with property lettings expert Towngate PLC. Work is now under way to prepare the 87,000 sq ft space within the Copperworks 2 site, Haigh Park Road, Stourton, for OSO Polymers’ operations. The …

Plastic packaging represents the biggest share of the European plastic demand,[1] and consequently, of the waste that is generated and collected for recycling in Europe. However, today only 42%[2] of plastic packaging waste is recycled in Europe, highlighting the need for more sustainable and effective waste management practices. In order …

Celebrations for Recofloor’s 10th Anniversary swung into action at The Belfry where the sustainability achievements of the vinyl flooring recycling scheme’s members were recognised at the Recofloor 2019 Awards Event. Flooring companies, contractors and distributors received trophies and certificates in ten major award categories, plus Gold, Silver and Bronze groupings, …

VinylPlus®, the Voluntary Commitment to sustainable development of the European PVC industry, recycled 739,525 tonnes of PVC within its framework in 2018 – a 15.6% increase on the previous year. The results were presented at the 2019 edition of the VinylPlus Sustainability Forum in Prague, Czech Republic, where the industry …

Banning single use plastic seen as the biggest environmental priority by British public, Environment only seen as the sixth most important issue facing the country currently New research highlights that tackling single use plastics is now seen by consumers in Britain as the number one environmental priority for Government. The …